AL dossier
Alabama
Updated 5 months ago
Current legal overview
A licensed medical cannabis programme is in operation, adult-use sales are not authorised, and hemp is regulated separately from the medical supply chain.
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- Latest change
- Jun 2, 2026
- Last reviewed
- Sep 24, 2026
Evergreen law guide
Alabama authorises medical cannabis only, through a licensing structure that separates cultivation, processing, dispensing and testing. Patient access runs on a physician certification and a state registry, and adult-use retail is not authorised anywhere in the state. Hemp is treated as an agricultural commodity under the state's approved plan, with THC concentration limits and testing obligations on growers.
The two regimes do not share a supply chain. Material grown under the hemp framework cannot be diverted into medical products, and the state tracks that separation through licence conditions and testing records.
Business impact
Businesses serving patients operate under a narrow licence scope with strict advertising and packaging rules. Hemp businesses should assume that any product represented as therapeutic will be examined against the medical programme rules rather than the agricultural ones.
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